Printing vulcanizer



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Fd' s I. H315, .F13-.12. Ffg. @j n y '7g-4 INVENTOR.

CHARLES BLHAQGHEY.

ATTORNEY,

Patented Apr. 10,

CHARLES R. Entferner, .or COUNCIL BLUrrs, Iowa, AssIenoR or ONE-HALF IooRIN .i R.v EDWARDS, or Dnvnnronr, IOWA. t

"; ,PRINTING VULCANIZER.

Application led December 30, 1921-. kSerial No. 525,974.

To @ZZ/whom tf/nag] concern: Be it known that I, yCHARLES B. HAUGHEY, acitizen of the United State-s, residing at Council Bluffs, iii the'countyof Pottawattamie.y and State 'of Iowa, have inve-nted a newPrinting Vulcanizer, of whichthe folv' suitable supply wires, fw, fw',for electrical lowing is a s ecii'cation.

be l f a My inventionrelates to improvements in printing vulcanizers inwhich movable type and plates are used in connection with a vul-vcanizin'g means; 'and the 'objects of my iniprove'ment are, first, toprovide ameans for marking rubber tires or other rubber articles whereinit is desired to print a name or number or 4date upon the same after thetire oi" other article is manufactured; second, to aii'ord such printing'vulcanizer that *may beappliedato any tire or other article while thesaine .isf in place; third, to providejsuchf4 a printing-vulcanizer thatpart or all of the i matter to be printed may-be quickly 'changed asthename of the owner of the article to ybe marked or of the date ornumber."

I attain these 'objects by the structure illustrated in the Figure 1 isan end vieu7 of the printing kvulcanizer with clampv adapted to beattached to any bench or table; Fig. 2, a side .30 elevation of theprinting vulcanizer .as`

shown in Fig..1; Fig. 3 is an end view of the vulcanizei' with clamparranged to vulcanize va tire when in position on the rim; Fig. t is aside `elevation of thev printing vulcanizer with the type or plateremoved; Fig. 5 is a vcross-section of the vulcanizer; Fig. 6. is adiagram of the water chamber and heat iilament of the vulcanizer; Fig. 7is across section of a portion ofthevulcanizer ,show

' ing slots adapted to engagetype or-plate y matter; Fig. 8 is a sideelevation of a movable type used withv said vulcanizer, Fig. 9

is ak plan of the movable type shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 1.0 isa planet typein plate form;

..45 Fig. 11 is an end elevation of the plate shown in FiglO; Fig. 12 isa cross-section ci vulcanizing member with typeattached; Fig. 13 is aplan of a portion of the vulcanizing means with means for applying mov-kable type showing type in place; Fig. le

a side elevation of various forms of type; Fig. 15 is a plan of a singleline plate; Fig. 16 is a side elevation of plate shown in Fig. 15.

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current connect `the 'heating filament f in series with .the gaugeswitch g ;v a clamp "m,y is

adapted to be attached to any bench ortable or by ascrew Or thev clampmay be in the form upwhen the deviceA isv used in connection` withautomobile tires on the wheel'.

The clamps n and m are supplied with the place onthe vulcanizing meanso, are placed slots or holes, s, 8, which slots or holes are adapted toreceive the Shanks ofsuitable usual 'Clamping screw In some suitable` ytypesfasy/'g/ or plates f," lo.' v'For convenience.

a handle 0,-may be applied to one end'of the f vulcanizing means o.y'The vulcanizing block *fl/is rectangular andthe clamp m, iitsfthe tblock and is provided with' a substantially hook shapedtire receivingand :engaging` portion located oppositefthe' printing means r andcooperating with `theadjusting means to secure` the vulcanizing `blockand/the tire together.

The vulcanizing means o may be of any suitable -shape but here shown asa rectangular prism. The vulcanizingV means o, may

also be heated by anysui'table means but preferably by an electriccurrent as these currents are available at nearlyyevery place where thisdevicewould be usable,.and while lthe vulcanizing means o, might beheated by an electric filament f, without the use-oitl `water and bythe"use of an electric thermostat, Iv prefer the form having the waterychamber The gauge-switch g, is the ordinary commercial gauge switchcommonly vused in connection with electrical heated vulcanizers.

Into the slots or holes s s are placed type y y, or plates 7c k. Thewater chamber h, is

filled with water.' The switch gauge g, and

thewater chamber i, being connected by a suitable pipe c'. rI'hevulcaiiizing means having the types y/'y/ on the plate In, attached isplaced with the type y y, or plate 1, against the rubber'object to beprinted as in Figs. l, 2, andS, and by means of the screw u, clampedtightly against 'the rubber as t, v

to which is applied; the current of elec ting( away part of `jectprinted.

tricity is then applied to the Wires w fw, and thevulcanizing means fu,`and the movable type y y, attached thereto will be heated by theelectrical lilament f. until the water in the chainber., has caused thegauge switch g, to shut off the current. is soon as the heat falls belowthe limit required for vulcanizing, the gauge switch g,' by the cooling;of the water in the chamber It, will again supply current to thefilament f, and the heat of the vulcanizing means c, be increased.-After the vulcanizing type jz/ y, or vulcanizing plates k 7c, have beenapplied to the rubber object t, for a sutlicient` :length of time, theimprint of tlietypes i/ y, or the plate Iton the rubber object t, willbe found to have been vulcanized into the rubber object t.

In this manner the name of the company selling a rubber tire or casing,the date sold, and ythe name of thepurchaser or other matter may beprinted on the tire. In a similar manner any other rubber object, vhererepresented as a tire t. may be thus imprinted by a vulcanizedinscription whichV cannot be removed oi' erasedfwvithout cutthe materialofthe ob- I claim: y l. A printing vulcanizer including' avulcanizingblock having interior heating s means and provided at theinner side rwith exterior printing` means adapted tol print on theexterior oi a finished tire, and a clamp extending' beneathV andsupporting the vul-` canizingj block in kposition to be applied to atire and receiving the vulcanizinpr block and provided at the outersidefot' the block with adjusting means and lia-ving an engaging portionprojecting` beyond the inner side of the block and cooperating with theadjustingmeans for holding an article in contact with the printingmeans. y l

2. A printing; vulcanizer including a vulcanizi'ng block provided at theinner side with exterior printing` means adapted to print on theexterior of a finished tire and having an interior Water chamber andheating means, and a clamp receiving and supporting the vulcanizingblock in position tobe applied to a tire and provided Wit-li asubstantially hook shaped tire receiving and engaging' portion locatedopposite the printingmeans ot' the block, and adjusting means carried bythe clampv and arranged to engage the vulcanizing block and-cooperatingwith the said hook shapedv portion tor` securing a tire in contact Withthe printing means ot' the vulcanizing block.

3. A. printingvulcanizer including a vulcanizing block, a clamp having'a horizontal portion adapted to receive the vulcanizing block `andsupport the saine in position to be applied to the exterior of afinished tire at theside thereof, said clamp having an integralapproximately hook-shaped tire engaging arm extending horizontally fromthe cla-nip7 and adjusting;r means carried by the clamp and engaging thevulcanizing block at the outer side thereof and cooperating;- with` thesaid arm for clamping the printing vulcanizer to a tire.

` CHAS, B. HAUGHEY.

l :lVitnesses: l

CLARA M. SCHWARTZ, l RAYMOND A. SMITH.

